5 WWE Announcers You Totally Don't Remember

It might be difficult to appreciate, given how the show ended up, but Sunday Night Heat was a fairly big deal when it debuted on August 2, 1998. Far from the wasteland that out-of-favour and directionless talents went to spin their wheels, Heat was for a time second only to Raw in terms of importance.

All of the big stars, from The Rock and Mick Foley to Steve Austin and The Undertaker, performed in a Heat ring. With that much talent on display, you better believe there was an announce team of some importance calling the action. Well, kinda. Shane McMahon was one of the co-hosts, alongside Kevin Kelly (remember him?), and Heat acted as a launching-off point for Super Shane's career as a regular on-screen performer.

In fact, Vince McMahon began the first episode of Heat by introducing his son and naming him as an announcer. Vince himself had, of course, been a commentator earlier in his career. How did Shane compare to his father? While Vince's commentary was a bit naff (WHAT A MANEUVER!) it was still routinely enjoyable, whereas Shane was just flat-out bad. He would basically just yell stuff and offered no real analysis to speak of.

His run was short, however, and he was removed after a few months. From then on in he became an on-screen character, helping his father in his quest against Stone Cold Steve Austin. His time on Heat is rarely, if ever, mentioned.